2020 Summer Reading for Nonprofit Leaders and Burgeoning Experts
Summer is a wonderful time to sit down with a good book. Personally, I read both for fun and to learn, and most years, I work through as many as 10 books in July and August. This summer of COVID-19 provides an even better opportunity to read and grow. It’s a...
5 Things To Do this Summer to Advance Your Capital Campaign
Summer is often a challenging time for capital campaigns. Schedules change. Volunteers and donors often travel. Under normal circumstances, donors, committee members, and staff members might be unavailable for weeks or months at a time. A Challenge or An Opportunity...
Seth Godin Shares 4 Ideas on Nonprofit Resilience and Resetting Your Strategy
Bestselling author and marketing guru Seth Godin guest-hosted our weekly Toolkit Talk sessions on June 1, 2020. He captivated a group of over 700 attendees with his profound thinking with respect to nonprofit resilience. You can watch the full recording of that...
Donor Stewardship: Successful Fundraising vs. Poor Fundraising
Capital campaigns live or die on the top 20-30 donors to the campaign. Those individuals typically give between 50 and 90 percent of the campaign goal. And it’s likely that the vast majority of those top-tier donors have been donors to your organization for many...
Capital Campaigns: The Ultimate Guide for Growing Nonprofits
Capital campaigns are intense fundraising efforts designed to raise a specific amount of money within a defined time period to build an organization’s assets and capacity. You can use a capital campaign to renovate or build new facilities, fund special projects...